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Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 List of figures 9 List of tables 10 Acknowledgements 11 Notes on abbreviations, texts, and translations 13 Introduction 16 1 Thinking with saleable bodies: an intersectional approach to the slavery metaphor 36 2 Embodying the slavery metaphor: female characters and slavery language 62 3 Metaphor and masculinity: the “no longer slave” formulations (John 15:15 and Gal 4:7) 86 4 The paradox of slavery: all believers are slaves of the Lord, but some are more slaves than others 106 5 From slave of a female owner to slave of God: negotiating gender, sexuality, and status in The Shepherd of Hermas 120 6 Jesus, the slave trader: metaphor made real in The Acts of Thomas 140 Conclusion 160 Index 180

Author
Marianne Bjelland Kartzow
Published
2018
Language
EN

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